cve/2015/CVE-2015-8729.md

CVE-2015-8729

Description

The ascend_seek function in wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not ensure the presence of a '\0' character at the end of a date string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.

POC

Reference

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html

Github

• https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
• https://github.com/brianhigh/us-cert-bulletins